The coal mining industry employed over 5,000 people in Kentucky in 2023, of which around 74 percent worked in underground mines. During the period in consideration, coal-mining employment presented a trend of decline, peaking in 2012, with over 16,000 employees.
Coal-mining employment in Kentucky from 2012 to 2023, by mine type
Includes all employees engaged in production, preparation, processing, development, maintenance, repair shop, or yard work at mining operations,
including office workers. Excludes preparation plants with less than 5,000 employee hours per year, which are not required to provide data. This statistic was assembled suing several editions of the report.
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